Panoramic endoscope based on convex parabolic mirrors

Shu-Ming Tseng; Jian-Cheng Yu; Yueh-Teng Hsu; Ching-Wen Huang M.D.; Yuh-Feng Tsai M.D.; Wei-Chung Cheng

doi:10.1117/1.OE.57.3.033102

10 March 2018 Panoramic endoscope based on convex parabolic mirrors

Shu-Ming Tseng, Jian-Cheng Yu, Yueh-Teng Hsu, Ching-Wen Huang M.D., Yuh-Feng Tsai M.D., Wei-Chung Cheng

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 57, Issue 3, 033102 (March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.3.033102

Abstract

We propose a parabolic mirror-based catadioptric imager for the panoramic imaging endoscope. The main difference of the structure is the use of a parabolic mirror in endoscope design. The manufacturing cost and/or size of the proposed panoramic design is lower than the previous designs. The designs by Katman and Liu use customized lens and thus cost more than the proposed in mass production. The design by Sahli uses more mirrors/lenses than the proposed. The size of the previous design by Yu, 20 mm in diameter, is larger than the standard-angle Olympus video colonoscope (9.5 mm in diameter). Our proposed design is 5.5 mm in diameter, so it is feasible to be integrated into an endoscope while the previous design by Yu is not feasible to be integrated into an endoscope.

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Shu-Ming Tseng, Jian-Cheng Yu, Yueh-Teng Hsu, Ching-Wen Huang M.D., Yuh-Feng Tsai M.D., and Wei-Chung Cheng "Panoramic endoscope based on convex parabolic mirrors," Optical Engineering 57(3), 033102 (10 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.3.033102

Received: 16 November 2017; Accepted: 22 February 2018; Published: 10 March 2018

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